NAIA All-America honorable mention for Davison, David

NEW ORLEANS — Virgil Davison and Jalen David, the top two scorers on Xavier University of Louisiana's Gulf Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball co-champions, received honorable mention Thursday on the 2017-18 NAIA Division I All-America team.
     
It's the 10th time in 12 seasons that the NAIA All-America Committee recognized Gold Rush athletes in this sport.
     
Davison is a 5-foot-8 junior guard from Memphis, Tenn., and a former Hillcrest High School and Dyersburg State (Tenn.) Community College standout. He led the Gold Rush in 2017-18 in scoring (14.2 points per game), 3-pointers made (90) and 3-point field-goal accuracy (.423). Davison was second-team All-GCAC.     


David is a 6-4 senior guard/forward from Mount Vernon, N.Y., and a former Mount Vernon High School and Moberly Area (Mo.) Community College standout. He was XULA's No. 2 scorer (12.2) and rebounder (5.3). David was first-team All-GCAC.
     
All-time XULA has produced 18 athletes who accounted for one first-team All-America selection, four third-team selections and 17 honorable mentions.
     
XULA was 24-9 this season, finishing second in the GCAC Tournament. The Gold Rush shared the GCAC regular-season title with Dillard at 9-3, finished second in the GCAC Tournament and qualified for the NAIA Division I National Championship for the seventh time in eight years.

XULA NAIA Division I All-Americans
1971-72 — Bruce Seals (honorable mention), Donald "Slick" Watts (honorable mention)
1972-73 — Bruce Seals (first team)
1981-82 — Alvin "Bo" Dukes (third team)
1985-86 — Derrick Collins (honorable mention)
1987-88 — Juan Mercier (honorable mention)
1990-91 — Merlin Peters (honorable mention)
2000-01 — David Egans (honorable mention), Kermit Smith (honorable mention)
2004-05 — Timothy Green (honorable mention)
2006-07 — Shaun Dumas (third team)
2007-08 — Shaun Dumas (honorable mention)
2008-09 — Shaun Dumas (third team)
2010-11 — Devin Andrew (honorable mention)
2011-12 — Chris Iles (honorable mention)
2012-13 — Denzell Erves (third team), Wanto Joseph (honorable mention)
2013-14 — Sydney Coleman (honorable mention)
2014-15 — Morris Wright (honorable mention)
2015-16 — Morris Wright (honorable mention)
2017-18 — Jalen David (honorable mention), Virgil Davison (honorable mention))

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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